Hello Chris,


>     We use P-CAD 8.6 for our designs, and have recently started
>     designing multi-layer pcb's.  I am having a problem because
>     the DRC does not flag an error if I have a pin or via attached
>     to the power plane erroneously.


PCad DRC can list all nets attached to a given plane. Look for details in
past msgs from the PCad USers forum ([log in to unmask]) . You can do
this using the PCB Designs Search machine for that forum, at
www.pcb-designs.com, in the Forum page. Use the DRC keyword. You'll get a
lot of msgs, once there are msgs since january'96. Look over them, you'll
find what you're looking for, and much more ...

Regards,

Paulo Egon

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